Reference Databases

Please have your library card in hand to get in to these reference sites…

 

GaleGroup Databases – This links to an overview of online resources available to you as a library card holder.
A few – but not all – are also listed below.

Links to popular newspapers:  – Boston Globe

The New York Times (full text)

And more:

General OneFile (1980 -) – A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many other topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Massachusetts History Online – Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history

Morningstar Research Center:  to research, evaluate and track stocks and mutual funds.
Click here if you wish to connect from INSIDE the Southborough Library.
Click here if you wish to connect from a computer NOT in the Southborough Library.

Helpful Resources for Students:

Encyclopaedia Britannica – Interactive digital version of Britannica for a general audience

Grolier Online – Digital versions of Grolier Encyclopedia for a general audience and for kids and educators

Literature Resource Center – provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Opposing Viewpoints – Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues, featuring continuously updated topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Science in Context – provides information on today’s most significant science topics in full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

Spanish Reference Center - Interactive Spanish digital version of Britannica for a general audience and for kids and educators

Student Resources In Context -  with  information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events in full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites  – check out the new features such as “Search Assist” and quick fact boxes.

U.S. History in Context - Gale U.S. History in Context provides  information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History through academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

World History in Context – provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History in magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

For Younger Students:

Kids Encyclopaedia Britannica - Interactive digital version of Britannica for kids and educators

Kids InfoBits – is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines covering geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

 

Provided to member libraries through the C/W MARS library network (Please note that a valid library card number is required):
African-American History Online – historical events, primary sources, timelines, historical events
American History Online – biographies, timelines; primary sources,  historical events
American Women Online – biographies, timelines; primary sources,  historical events
Grove Art Online – web access to the Dictionary of Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art; information about artists and the history of art
Science Online – information on the environment, medicine and health, math, physics, chemistry, technology and science biographies
NoveList – Fiction reader’s advisory service

 

ONLINE/DIGITAL BOOKS (eBOOKS), AUDIOBOOKS, VIDEOS

C/WMARS eBOOKS : Downloadable books, audiobooks, videos; have your library card handy to download.

Please contact the library if you have questions about accessing or using these databases.

Last updated January 17th, 2013.